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Shake Shack Kicks Off 2nd Annual Great American Shake Sale

Posted by Taylor Bush on May 3rd, 2013

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Shake it for a good cause!

Starting May 1^st, Shake Shack is hosting the 2^nd annual Great American Shake Sale, a company-wide marketing initiative benefiting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. Throughout the month of May, Shake Shack guests who donate $2 or more to No Kid Hungry will receive a card for a complimentary $5 shake, redeemable on their next visit. One hundred percent of donations will benefit No Kid Hungry.

Last year, Shake Shack raised $135,742 for No Kid Hungry. This year Shake Shack has upped the goal to $150,000.

In the spirit of the bake sale, Shake Shack is offering seven special baked good-inspired frozen custard flavors—one for each day of the week.

Shake Shack Special Shakes »

UPDATED: Phoebe Esmon and Christian Gaal Organizing Drinkers (And Bartenders) For Sandy Relief

Posted by Tara Nurin on November 16th, 2012

Ever since they left The Farmer’s Cabinet, things have been relatively quiet on the Phistian (that’s Phoebe Esmon and Christian Gaal to us non-celeb types) front, as they’ve flitted around the city and the country these past few months, gypsy bartending, writing cocktail menus and spending time with Esmon’s family in North Carolina. But now they’re back, at least for the moment, and they’ve arrived with a purpose: to harness their considerable bar cred to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

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March of Dimes Signature Chefs Gala

Posted by Amanda Shulman on November 15th, 2012

This Friday, November 16th, a star-studded line up of restaurants and chefs are coming together to benefit the March of Dimes for their Signature Chefs Gala at the Please Touch Museum. The event will have the best dishes of the featured chefs of some of Philly’s favorite spots. The lineup includes Philly stars like Michael Solomonov of Zahav and Federal Donuts, Peter McAndrews of Modo Mio and Paesano’s, and many more. You can meet the chefs and eat their food while bidding on special auction items.

Audrey Claire Taichman, of Twenty Manning Grill, Audrey Claire, and COOK, is receiving this year’s Culinary Excellence award at the event. She’s also a featured chef so you’ll get to taste her award-worthy cuisine. The March of Dimes aims to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality, so you’ll be dining to ensure generations of healthy babies to come. Tickets are $150 per person.

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Calling All Manly Men

Posted by Amanda Shulman on October 31st, 2012

On Thursday, November 1, Frankford Hall will be holding a party to kick off the beginning of Movember.

But what is Movember you ask? Well, it’s only the manliest month of the year. An annual month-long charity event, Movember encourages men to grow fabulous mustaches during the month of November to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues. And the party at Frankford Hall will be the ultimate man-bash, complete with free professional razor shaves for people interested in joining the movement, happy hour specials all night (like $5 1/2 Liter drafts, $10 Liter Drafts), and some deliciously–and surely meaty–food specials too. Frankford Hall will also hold a closing party to celebrate and reward those manly men who put forth an effort throughout the month.

So get ready…get set…grow.

Movember [Official website]

Cans for Cans at Bar

Posted by Amanda Shulman on October 19th, 2012

BAR and Awesome Dudes Printing are holding a food drive that has a concept that we’re digging. You give them canned foods, they give you canned beer. With the Thanksgiving season coming around, show your holiday spirit by dropping some canned goods off at Bar at 1309 Sansom Street or at Awesome Dudes Printing at 6th and Reed. In return, they’ll show you some thanks with a can of beer. You’re limited to one can of beer per day, so its only an incentive to come back the next day and donate some more. When the food drive is over at the end of November, they’ll ride their motorcycles to Preston and Steve’s Camp Out for Hunger in Plymouth Meeting and drop off the donations, with all the food collected going to Philabundance. You’re giving back, and they’re thanking you in boozy fashion. Sounds like our kind of food drive.

Bar [Facebook]
Awesome Dudes Printing [Official Site]

Scott Hartnell’s Give 19 Event at Iron Hill North Wales

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 31st, 2012

On Saturday September 15^th from 1 to 5 p.m. Iron Hill North Wales will be holding a “Give 19” event for the release of Iron Hill’s Grand Inquisitor bottled reserve with the Flyers’ Scott Hartnell to benefit his #HartnellDown Foundation. The “Give 19” event is a spin on Iron Hill’s popular “Give 20” fundraisers where 20% of proceeds from participating food sales go toward a non-profit or charity. The event is instead “Give 19” in honor of Scott Hartnell’s jersey number, and 19% of proceeds will be donated. Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight: Celebrity Bartender Series at R2L

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 8th, 2012

As part of R2L’s Celebrity Bartender series District Attorney Seth Williams will be taking the stand – er, bar – tonight and serving up cocktails from 6-8pm with $1 from each drink going to his charity of choice, the Pet Support Phashion Charity Affair. And tonight only, chef Daniel Stern will be serving up the DA Burger (pictured above) in honor of Williams, which will feature LaFrieda beef, grilled bacon and salami, Gruyere cheese, french fries, collard slaw, heirloom tomato, caramelized onion and R2L’s special sauce.

Each burger is $22 which, yes, is pretty damn pricey, but $5 from each burger sold goes toward the PSPCA. So you can feel good about helping animals while eating at least two of them.

This series, which has recently featured “Philebrities” like Stan Hochman of the Daily News, radio personality Howard Eskin, and Eagles defensive end Darryl Tapp, is set to occur Tuesday and Wednesday nights this summer with more celebrities to come. Stop by throughout the summer to see your favorite local celebs behind the bar for charity.

R2L [Official Site]

Pet Support Phasion Charity Affair [petsinphilly.com]

Marc Vetri the … Blogger?

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 26th, 2012

Marc Vetri can add yet another accomplishment to his resume: blogger for the Huffington Post. Vetri debuted his column (under HuffPost Food, of course)by talking about the importance of school lunch reform.

We want our children to learn, to be social and to be productive. We buy them books and teach them to read and write. Yet, when it comes to feeding them the energy that is necessary to make their minds and bodies function better, we put them in a line, give them a tray and slop unrecognizable food onto it. If we did not put gasoline in a car would it run? If we did not plug in a computer would it work? Then why do we expect our children to grow, be productive and flourish without the right energy going inside of them?

This is just another step in Vetri’s determined campaign to overhaul school lunches. Back in 2009 Vetri, along with help from Jeff Michaud and Jeff Benjamin, started the “Eatiquette” program and their mission was simple: to bring family-style eating –all the social interaction and comfort included – to school lunches. The “Eatiquette” program has been successful in multiple region schools and camps and the Vetri Foundation continues to support it.

Setting the Table for Better Minds, Better Bodies, and Better People [Huff Post]
Eatiquette [Official Site]

Can Marc Vetri Save School Lunch?

Posted by Foobooz on February 27th, 2012

Goodbye, rubbery nuggets, plastic trays and long cafeteria lines. The city’s top chef and his team want to turn the midday meal on its head. Marc Vetri, Jeff Benjamin and Jeff Michaud aim to remake school lunch. And not just the food but the social setting as well.

The Vetri team plans to revolutionize America’s school cafeterias »

UPDATE: Today was Vetri’s first day providing lunch at People for People Charter School and he tweeted the work. Vetri’s Eatiquette program provided roast turkey, mushroom risotto, Swiss chard and a fresh pear for $1.82 per child. [Twitter]

?uestlove Gets His Own Roll at Zama

Posted by Meghan Ross on August 3rd, 2011

?uestlove joins the likes of Marc Vetri, Ryan Madson, and Pierre Calmels of Bibou with his induction into the Celebrity Roll hall of fame at Zama (which won a Best of Philly award this year for–you guessed it–it’s celebrity-themed hand-rolls).

The Roots’ star apparently inspires the essence of cheesesteaks since his roll (named “The Drum Roll”) is basically a fancy, tubular cheesesteak made with Washugyu beef (think of it as super-Wagyu), provolone, bibb lettuce and aioli, wrapped in red pepper flake soy paper. Classy, right? And yes, you actually can order it “wit’ or wit’out” sauteed onions.

With the roll appearing on next week’s menu, those ordering it can also feel good about the $1 donation for each roll sold going to Harlem Village Academies, which is ?uestlove’s charity of choice. And while you’re waiting, check out the video of his ?uest-ness in the kitchen with chef Zama lending a hand in the creation of the Drum Roll.

?uestlove and Zama Cook [via Youtube]

Zama [Official website]

Harlem Village Academies [Official website]

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